In trend terms, GDP increased 0.8% and Non-farm GDP increased 0.9% in the September 2011 quarter. GDP per hour worked in the market sector increased 0.4% and the Terms of trade rose 3.0%.

In seasonally adjusted terms, GDP increased by 1.0% and Non-farm GDP both increased by 1.1% in the September quarter. The Terms of trade rose 2.7% and Real gross domestic income rose 1.6%.

EXPENDITURE ON GDP

In seasonally adjusted terms, the main contributor to expenditure on GDP was Private gross fixed capital formation (2.1 percentage points) while Inventories (-0.8 percentage points) and Net exports (-0.6 percentage points) were the largest detractors.

INDUSTRY GROSS VALUE ADDED

In seasonally adjusted terms, the main contributors to GDP were Construction (up 5.0%) and Mining (up 3.7%). Construction contributed 0.4 percentage points to the increase in GDP, while Mining contributed 0.3 percentage points.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)

Release Date

December 2011

7 March 2012

March 2012

6 June 2012

June 2012

5 September 2012

September 2012

5 December 2012

REVISIONS IN THIS ISSUE

The estimates in this issue incorporate estimates from the 2009-10 annual supply and use tables. For information on the role of supply and use tables in the national accounts and the major revisions please see the 'Analysis of Results' section Australian System of National Accounts, 2010-11 (cat. no. 5204.0). The revisions to estimates for 2010-11 arise from incorporating the 2009-10 benchmarks and new or revised source data for 2010-11.

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